hello all, I just joined the list

[Richard Irving]

steve wrote:
> 	OH-MY, could my computer be a zombie of of NSA?

   It could be, but if it were, _you_ would never know.  ;)

> Could I be a part of a weird plot with the NSA and Aliens using SELinux and 
> parallel computing and my computer to create an Intelligent Supercomputer 
> that will rule the world?

   Shoot, Mork! we need a more subtle approach, the earthlings are catching on!

    Nanu Nanu.

> 	UHHHH--forget it--just remembered, that was the dream I had last night about 
> the Dwarf blue Girl from the 7th planet of Zwqqvvzzz--never mind. 

   I remember her!

      Careful, she is on the rebound from James T Kirk....

  I am not sure I would want to follow his act,
    I hear James is a "High Risk" Category type...

  [ Remember, he cried like a Baby when Spock Died, 'nough said ! ]

> 	Just a note to say "THANKS Guys/Girls for being here". I read a lot--post 
> seldom. Still trying to figure out these "zombie" SELinux features--

   Me too, and I think the real trick is.. [the remainder of this sentence has been
censored for your own safety, Comrade -- Zombiware (tm)]

   :O

> but I 
> like SELINUX. Somebody tell NSA thanks-- even though they have devious dark 
> plans for protecting computer OS's.

    Oh, no need to... you posted into -this- list.

   They are -well- aware of you, and your opinions, by now.

   Remember the TIA slogan:  "In God we trust, all else we Monitor!".

     :D

(Caution: Any similarity between this post, and reality,
   is -purely- coincidental...
    OK, with the exception of the Kirk-Spock thing.)

    ;)

> On Friday April 8 2005 06:10 am, Russell Coker wrote:
> 
>>On Tuesday 01 March 2005 10:54, "nanocurie" <nanocurie at cocmast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>            I just joined the list. I just downloaded and installed FC3,
>>>and noticed that it had SE-Linux installed by default. I thought okay, so
>>>the NSA now can/will take control of my secure computers. Good, if
>>>there's
>>
>>The SE Linux code is clean and reasonably easy to read, it has been checked
>>by many people.  If you are concerned about back-doors in kernel code then
>>you should be concerned about the device drivers for less popular hardware
>>and other code that doesn't get much attention.